Statutory Issues Related to Investigations
USA PATRIOT Act Changes to Wiretap Act
The USA PATRIOT Act changed the Wiretap Act by adding a proviso that allows investigative or law enforcement officers, or government attorneys who obtain knowledge of the content of a wiretap to disclose information to other Federal law enforcement, protective, immigration, national defense, or national security officials to the extent that the contents include foreign or counterintelligence information.
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